Born: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1935

Education

• Wilkes University (B.S., Business Administration, 1957)
• Dickinson School of Law (L.L.B. with honors,1960).

Bar Admissions & Memberships

• Pennsylvania Bar Association (1960)

Noteworthy

• Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2005;
• Who's Who in Finance and Industry (Current);
• Who's Who in American Law (Current);
• Who's Who in the World (Current);
• United Hebrew Institute - Shofar Award (2000);
• National Society of Fund Raising Executives - Outstanding Volunteer Fund Raiser (1993);
• B'Nai B'rith - Community Service Award (1994)
• Northeast Pa. Council, Boy Scouts of America - Distinguished Citizen Award (1998);
• Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce - Distinguished Pennsylvanian Award;
• Wilkes University Ancestral Colonels - Lifetime Achievement Award (2009);
• Wilkes University - John Wilkes Society's Eugene S. Farley Memorial Achievement Award (2009).

Professional Affiliations

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• American Bar Association- Sections on: Corporate; Banking; Business

Community Affiliations

• Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc. - Former Director and Compensation Committee Chair through 2007;
• Wachovia Bank, National Association - Northeastern Pennsylvania Regional Board - Member through 2006;
• RCN Corporation - Director and Compensation Committee Chair through 2004;
• First Fidelity Bancorporation - Director through 1996;
• Merchants Bancorp - Director through 1991;
• The Wyoming National Bank - Director through 1988;
• Jewelcor, Incorporated - Director through 1988;
• Greun Marketing Corporation - Director through 1988;
• Geisinger Northeastern Advisory Council - Director and Chairman
• Wilkes-University Board of Trustees, Past Chairman and currently Trustee Emeritus;
• Wyoming Valley Retirement Community, Inc. - Past Director and Chairman;
• The Institute for Public Policy & Economic Development - Director and Member of Executive Committee: a consortium of Wilkes University and Northeast Regional Colleges & Universities;
• Jewish Community Center - Director, Trustee and Past Chairman
• United Hebrew Institute - Director, Trustee and Past Chairman
• Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry - Director and Past Chairman;
• Greater Wilkes-Barre Partnership, Inc. - Director and Past Chairman;
• Greater Wilkes-Barre Industrial Fund - Past President;
• Committee for Economic Growth - Director and Past Chairman;
• Congregation Ohav Zedek - Director and Past Chairman;
• B'nai B'rith, S.J. Strauss Lodge - Trustee and Past President;
• The Jewish Federation of Greater Wilkes-Barre - Director and Past President;
• United Jewish Appeal - Past Chairman (1978 & 1992);
• United Way of Wyoming Valley - Past Chairman (1983);
• Wilkes-Barre City Transition Committee Chairman (2004);
• Osterhout Library Campaign - Chairman (1998).